This is a question that I’ve seen come up on various platforms over the years, so I decided to offer my perspective.
Regarding producers, they can be the visionary for a song, or the director of a project. They can create an idea for a track and create a plan for how it will be fleshed out in the studio.
Producers can be:
- songwriters,
- composers
- arrangers of the music
- and don’t necessarily have to assist with beat production.